Is it possible to ignore JavaScript exceptions when working with WebDriver (HtmlUnit, Ruby bindings)

Question

HtmlUnit throws exception and crash my test when I'm loading the page

caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.htmlunit(:javascript_enabled => true)
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote, :desired_capabilities => caps)
driver.navigate.то url

ReferenceError: "x" is not defined. (net.sourceforge.htmlunit.corejs.javascript.EcmaError)

No exception is thrown if I use a Firefox driver.

caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.firefox

Or disable JavaScript for HtmlUnit driver

caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.htmlunit(:javascript_enabled => false)

I am unable to change the code on the test page and fix the problem, so I need to either ignore it or in any way to use Firefox JavaScript Engine instead of the standard HtmlUnit JavaScript Engine.

Is it possible to solve my problem without changing the code of test page?

Update: Tried Capybara + WebKit as an alternative to Selenium + HtmlUnit - works fine, without errors. But still I would like to solve the problem without changing the framework.

Answer 1

For Java Only: In the latest version of WebClient (which is wrapped by HTMLUnitDriver) client.setThrowExceptionOnScriptError(false) method is deprecated. In case of subclassing HTMLUnitDriver, you need to override modifyWebClient method:

public class MyHtmlUnitDriver extends HtmlUnitDriver {

...

 @Override
    protected WebClient modifyWebClient(WebClient client) {
        //currently does nothing, but may be changed in future versions
        WebClient modifiedClient = super.modifyWebClient(client);

        modifiedClient.getOptions().setThrowExceptionOnScriptError(false);
        return modifiedClient;
    }
}